ABSTRACT
The author examined the West’s construction of a new international order. The focus is on the development of cooperation among ASEAN and ASEAN Plus Three participants and strengthening their ties with allies outside these institutions (primarily United States, India, and the EU).
The political decision to build a new international order is a reaction to the failure to establish a universal international liberal order (including economic). In the new order (unlike in the old one), the economic goals will not be equal to but subordinated to security and human rights.
The bases for establishing the new order are political agreements and intergovernmental arrangements. Reduced will be the role of international law, the scope of the substantive regulation. Implementation of the new order will take place in the formula of international governance, using soft-law instruments under the open method of coordination.
The new order does not close the door to cooperation with the West’s strategic rivals. The West’s goal is to de-risk rather than decouple China and Russia.
